in vino veritas
English
Etymology
From Latin in (“in”) + vīnō, the ablative singular of vīnum (“wine”) + vēritās (“truth”). Thus, “in wine there is truth”. First attested, as volgoque veritas iam attributa vino est, in the Naturalis Historia (XIV, 141) of Pliny the Elder.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪn ˈviː.nəʊ vɛ.ɹɪˈtæs/
Proverb
in vino veritas
- in wine, there is truth
Related terms
- in wine, there is truth
Translations
in wine, there is truth — see in wine, there is truth